About Me
I'm Joe Schlessinger, currently based in Washington, DC. This blog is my space for sharing random things.
You'll find book reviews and literary reflections, technical projects and data analysis, and mostly satirical personal essays. The common thread is a futile attempt at humor.
Featured Posts
Xenophon: Cyropaedia and the Anabasis
A synthesis of the conflicting visions of The Anabasis of Cyrus and Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus, defending Xenophon against snobbish analytic philosop...
Akerlof’s Market for Singles
Dating apps are broken due to adverse selection. Microeconomic theory can help explain why people looking for serious relationships are driven away from apps...
Chinese Postman Problem In Real Life
How long would it take to walk every street in Shippan? A practical application of graph theory and the Chinese Postman Problem to real-world navigation.
Legacy and Wikipedia: Will you be Remembered?
An exploration of biographical Wikipedia articles and their popularity. Even those noteworthy enough for Wikipedia pages receive few views, and older pages g...
TrainTrackER: Detecting Trains Passing Through Augusta, GA
A machine learning project to detect and classify train sounds. Living 200ft from train tracks, I built a system to monitor environmental noise and confirm w...